About Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)

Andrew Becraft is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Brothers Brick. He's been building with LEGO for more than 40 years, and writing about LEGO here on TBB since 2005. He's also the co-author, together with TBB Senior Editor Chris Malloy, of the DK book Ultimate LEGO Star Wars. Andrew is an active member of the online LEGO community, as well as his local LEGO users group, SEALUG. Andrew is also a regular attendee of BrickCon, where he organizes a collaborative display for readers of The Brothes Brick nearly every year. You can check out Andrew's own LEGO creations on Flickr. Read Andrew's non-LEGO writing on his personal blog, Andrew-Becraft.com. Andrew lives in Seattle with his wife and dogs, and by day leads software design and planning teams.

Posts by Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)

Addy Dugdale’s 10-point LEGO acceptance plan

Some of us don’t necessarily share our LEGO obsession with our significant others, as much as we try over the years to lure them into LEGO geekery with ploys as diverse as Paradisa, including the kids while building, DUPLO, collecting princess minifigs, or the latest adorable Creator sets.

Gizmodo’s Jesús Diaz was once such a man, until his wife Addy Dugdale learned to stop worrying and love The Brick.

My favorite: “Agree That the World Would Be Better If Totally Made of LEGO”. How true.

So, call your significant other over to the computer, cuddle up, and click on through to Gizmodo.

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Bram Lambrecht drives a 1995 Mazda MX-5

…which he has lovingly recreated in LEGO:

Check out lots more pictures on Bram’s LEGO Site.

The Span of Gryhnt Piro by Remyth

I’m more impressed with each new Castle creation Thomas “Remyth” Wunz posts. “Gryhnt Piro” is certainly no exception:

Here’s Thomas in his own words:

During the glory of the rule of Gyrothyr, the fourteenth king of Veryluai (very-lu-a), many fair things were built. Thought it has rarely been heard of, Gryhnt Piro was a major aspect in lives of those who live around it. Its huge bridge spans two rivers (one of which is depicted), and has made travel over ‘through’ the bandit-infested forests that lay between them possible. Now left in the guard of a very few men, is still stands as a memorial of those grand times.

Click either picture to see all of the details Thomas included.

Rolling through the blasted landscape with Horace Cheng

With everybody distracted by shiny Cave Racers, it seems the end of the world has been staved off for a while, or so it would seem from the dearth of decent ApocaLEGO lately.

Fortunately for us, Horace Cheng has taken his recent snowmobile design and added a bunch of stuff to make it zombie-proof:

Bonus Iron Man hard suit:

All the minifigs ever could fill 170 swimming pools

We have a winner! Fun facts like that won Jamie “Morgan19” Spencer the $25 LEGO gift certification. Congrats, Jamie!

Some more great minifig facts Jamie came up with:

Since 1978, LEGO has released almost 4,000 unique minifig designs.
If all the minifigs ever produced decided to get together and form their own country, their total population would make it the most populated nation in world— three times larger than China and almost a dozen times larger than the United States.
The number of unique male to female minifigs ever designed is about 18 to 1.

Thanks to Steve Witt and the rest of the good people of LEGO for putting up the prize, and to all of you out there for joining in the fun!

Monkey Man takes on Black Puma

It’s the oldest trick in the book. Simian superhero lures feline antihero in a high-speed chase down a city street. Hero places peel of yellow tropical fruit on the ground. Mayhem and hilarity ensue.

Jordan “SirNadroj” Schwartz puts Monkey Man in a slippery situation with “Monkey Man vs. Black Puma”:

Black Puma and his sweet ride are worth a second look:

All aboard the last train outta Grave Stone

The wind whistles and sage brush roll by, only to be caught in the slats of the crumbling fence. At five minutes to midnight, a lonely skeleton waits for a train that will never come.

Yes, it’s another great Wild West creation by The Brickster:

I love all the eyes in the windows.

Cozying up to the Gryffindor fire with Garth Danielson

It’s rather rare that we feature a LEGO Harry Potter creation, but Garth Danielson helps us end that drought with his great “Gryffindor Fire”:

Garth uses a cool bent wall technique to evoke the tower, with a detailed fireplace and furniture.

Ah-choo! I think I’ve caught the Town bug.

Whether it’s the World War Z diorama I’m working on or the fact that I just finished building the amazing 10185 Green Grocer (favorite LEGO set of the year so far), I have increasing interest in LEGO Town creations.

This means I’m spending a lot more time on Brick Town Talk, an excellent LEGO blog about City and Town creations. I spent a couple hours there recently looking for (and finding) inspiration for future projects.

Particularly inspiring is Tom Snellen‘s large layout. Here are the two wonderful buildings featured on Brick Town Talk:

If you’re interested in trying your hand at LEGO Town, a good place to start may be the Building Tips section on LEGO.com, which includes several videos featuring Café Corner and Green Grocer designer Jamie Berard:

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The Weighted Companion Cube will accompany you throughout the test.

Since I’m running an older Mac here at home (too old to dual-boot or run VPC), my knowledge of Portal is limited — and reinterpreted — by the many LEGO creations the game has inspired.

Nevertheless, I recognize a good Weighted Companion Cube when I see one. Le’pena uses mainly Technic and Bionicle pieces to achieve the necessary effect:

Henry Jones, Sr. and the Flock of Seagulls

Piotrek kicks off the Indiana Jones contest on Klocki with this great scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:

The umbrella design is not something I’ve seen before, and the birds are wonderful.

LV-16p by Tony Hafner

Oh yes, orange is beautiful. Tony Hafner‘s LV-16p truck sports a high-contrast paint scheme and is equipped for prospecting:

Check out the full gallery on Hafhead.com.